The school has about 40 academic staff, with a total staffing of about 100. At any one time we will have between 600 - 800 undergraduate students, around 50-100 masters students and around 50 - 80 PhD students.
- following the latest Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences Subject Review, (June 2001), the Quality Assurance Agency awarded the School 23/24 (scores of 22 and above are considered 'excellent')
- In the last UK Research Assessment Exercise (2001) conducted by the Higher Education Funding Council, the ranking achieved by our Biology staff was the best in the new university biology sector.
Oxford is a small city with a population of about 140,000 – 30,000 of these are students. It is close to London and has bus, rail and air links. Oxford is a vibrant place to study with both its universities, medical school, culture, buzzing nightlife and beautiful countryside. Many who come here to study decide to settle here.
Our degree course are genuinely very flexible, we offer both single honours and combined honours degrees. All of our undergraduate degrees are part of the Brookes Modular Degree Programme – the oldest and largest modular programme in the country. This framework allows you to combine many subjects together easily, and as a student here it is easily possible to change your degree subjects (about a third of Brookes students do this during their degrees). All taught material is presented in modules, and these are separately assessed, usually on the basis of examinations and coursework. If you are a full time student, you will find that each module represents about one quarter of a semester's work. There are two semesters in each year – the exact dates vary from year to year. The first runs from about September to December, and the second from about February to May. Students from a very wide range of backgrounds and cultures come to study with us, attracted by the reputation of our teaching and the friendliness of our community. Visit the University website at: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/
Within each subject you have a wide choice of modules; and you also have the option to study some modules from other subjects such as languages. This enables you to create a course that is unique to you.
In your first year, you will take the compulsory modules in order to progress to more advanced studies: the choice of modules is widest in the second and third years. If you find that you want to change modules, you have the opportunity at the beginning of each term to discuss the changes you would like to make with your tutors, who will do their best to accommodate your wishes. Full details of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the School, visit our website: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/bms/!
Several degrees offer opportunities to gain work experience with commercial companies and consultancies. Some offer sandwich options, and all can be studied on a part time basis, over a maximum of eight years, provided that you pass the minimum number of modules required each year. We have an extensive overseas exchange system within and external to Europe. Our students have recently been involved in exchanges to Australasian, Asian and American Universities. For fuller details check our website http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/bms/
If you want to talk to someone about any of our courses, or arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Helen Cross below by either email or phone (details below). We have regular open days and these provide opportunities to talk to staff and students about what it is like to study here. We strongly recommend that you attend one of these events if you are considering applying to us.
Mrs Helen Cross
Email: lifesciences1@brookes.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1865 483600 |
